1999 Tandridge District Council election

The 1999 Tandridge District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1][2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 18
• Liberal Democrat 17
• Labour 7^[3]

Election result

Tandridge local election result 1999^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	6		2	-2	42.9
	Conservative	6	2		+2	42.9
	Labour	2			0	14.3

Ward results

Bletchingley^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Herrtage	476	72.7	+29.4
	Labour	Maxine Mathews	115	17.6	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Demonte P	64	9.8	-23.4
Majority			361	55.1	+44.0
Turnout			655	28.0	-14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstow, Horne and Outwood^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Pavely	777	50.1	-1.5
	Conservative	Robert Jones	775	49.9	+13.2
Majority			2	0.2	-14.7
Turnout			1,552	35.2	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chelsham & Farleigh, Tatsfield^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Fry	539	59.7	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Cartwright	313	34.7	-7.5
	Labour	Lucas E.	51	5.6	-7.5
Majority			226	25.0	+22.5
Turnout			903	50.9	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dormans^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Win Weston	521	48.3	-9.4
	Conservative	Sampson J.	506	46.9	+4.6
	Labour	Jeffers E.	51	4.7	+4.7
Majority			15	1.4	-14.1
Turnout			1,078	47.2	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Felbridge^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Rimmington	413	60.4	+19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Ansley	271	39.6	-19.7
Majority			2	20.8	+2.2
Turnout			684	43.5	-6.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	19.7

Godstone^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin White	938	50.3	+9.0
	Conservative	Lawrence M.	788	42.3	+2.4
	Labour	Wilbraham D.	139	7.5	-11.2
Majority			150	8.0	+6.6
Turnout			1,865	41.6	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Limpsfield^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Morgan	718	68.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Heijmer	249	23.9	-3.0
	Labour	O'Neil J.	67	6.4	-3.1
	Independent	Charles P.	8	0.8	+0.8
Majority			469	45.0	+8.2
Turnout			1,042	37.2	-9.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lingfield & Crowhurst^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Niven	896	52.1	-7.9
	Conservative	Sander M.	709	41.2	+12.6
	Labour	Lynne Bappa	114	6.6	-4.9
Majority			187	9.9	-21.5
Turnout			1,719	47.8	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nutfield^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Myland	609	54.2	+22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Martin	514	45.8	-14.2
Majority			95	8.4	-19.5
Turnout			1,123	53.6	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Nutfield ward changed from Liberal Democrat to Conservative in the 1998 by-election. Therefore, this is shown as a gain from the 1995 election.

Oxted North and Tandridge^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Keymer	1,059	61.0	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Curtin	534	30.7	-12.1
	Labour	Mahon D.	111	6.4	-1.7
	Independent	Speczyk S.	33	1.9	+1.9
Majority			525	30.3	+23.9
Turnout			1,737	41.3	-15.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marian West	1,038	48.1	-5.0
	Conservative	Barry Compton	884	41.0	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson	235	10.9	+10.9
Majority			154	7.1	-10.3
Turnout			2,311	51.0	-4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Portley^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Turner	618	53.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Randall H.	487	42.0	-0.2
	Labour	Voisey T.	54	4.7	-8.4
Majority			131	11.3	+8.8
Turnout			1,159	46.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Valley^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Longhurst	515	37.2	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Caudle	464	33.6	-3.1
	Conservative	Jackie Servant	404	29.2	+8.2
Majority			51	3.6	-2.2
Turnout			1,383	49.2	-6.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Warlingham East^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Burridge	675	48.5	-2.4
	Conservative	Sheena Seagrave	557	40.0	+12.7
	Labour	Robert Jaques	161	11.6	-10.1
Majority			118	8.5	-15.1
Turnout			1,393	39.6	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Tandridge". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
2. "Tandridge District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
3. "Council Election Results". The Independent. 8 May 1999. p. 12.
4. "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.